Semblable

SEMBLABLE

-adj.

1. resembling or similar

2. apparent rather than real

-noun

3. something that resembles another thing

4. a resemblance

A tree, transportation system of natural tests

sheet of vines smelling of steel flowers

full of silence in a darkened sun

A shower of semblable shadows

Rocks that stretch in the wind, and to the sky

Sunk up from the bowl of fields to the trees.

Vetch

VETCH

-noun

1. any of various climbing leguminous plants of the temperate genus Vicia, especially V. sativa, having pinnate leaves, often blue or purple flowers, and tendrils on the stems

2. any of various similar and related plants, such as Lathyrus sativus, cultivated in parts of Europe, and the kidney vetch

3. the beanlike fruit of any of these plants

Burly bones stop to see

The ship emerge from the trees

Vetch flowers on top of a pillar

The colour of his hair.

Degust

DEGUST

-verb

(rare) . Taste (something) carefully to appreciate it fully.

Applying mindfulness

To degust rare foods

Making each second

Each mouthful count

Slumber

SLUMBER

-verb

1. (intr.) to sleep, especially peacefully

2. (intr.) to be quiescent or dormant

3. (trans. ; followed by “away”) . to spend (time) sleeping

-noun

4. (sometimes plural) . sleep

5. a dormant or quiescent state

She grumbles

Her slumber disturbed

Discontent heavy

On her vibrissae

Seel

SEEL

-verb (trans.)

1. to sew up the eyelids of (a hawk or falcon) so as to render it quiet and tame

2. (obsolete) . to close up the eyes of, especially by blinding

 

Merciless Time

Has seeled the souls of gods

Peeling paint from their orbs

Malaise

MALAISE

[mæˈleɪz]

-noun

1. a feeling of unease or depression

2. a mild sickness, not symptomatic of any disease or ailment

3. a complex of problems affecting a country, economy, etc.

Shining from the ground

A religion of crimes and strangers

Makes for a good story,

Rife with sure despair and malaise

To drink with certain death.

Inconceivable

INCONCEIVABLE

-adj.

incapable of being conceived, imagined, or considered

Diaphanous small moons

Inconceivable packages of light

Falling in your outstretched hands

By the infinitesimal grace of spring

Gravel

GRAVEL

-noun

1. an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand

2. (geology) . a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm

3. (pathology) . small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder

-verb (trans.)

4. to cover with gravel

5. to confound or confuse

6. (US) (informal) . to annoy or disturb

Paper filled with gravel

Pastry cotton in a stark light

White lies beneath the sheets

Evince

EVINCE

-verb

(trans.) to make evident; show (something, such as an emotion) clearly

A radiography of future wars

Evincing eyes swirling in the dirt

Playing a radiology of shadows

Only lights and music die.

Moon picture courtesy of The Bristish Library Commons

Form

FORM

-noun

1. the shape or configuration of something as distinct from its colour, texture, etc..

2. the particular mode, appearance, etc., in which a thing or person manifests itself

3. a type or kind

4. a printed document, especially one with spaces in which to insert facts or answers

5. physical or mental condition, especially good condition, with reference to ability to perform

6. the previous record of a horse, athlete, etc., especially with regard to fitness

7. (British) (slang) . a criminal record

8. style, arrangement, or design in the arts, as opposed to content

9. a fixed mode of artistic expression or representation in literary, musical, or other artistic works

10. a mould, frame, etc., that gives shape to something

11. organized structure or order, as in an artistic work

12. (education) (mainly British) . a group of children who are taught together; class

13. manner, method, or style of doing something, especially with regard to recognized standards

14. behaviour or procedure, especially as governed by custom or etiquette

15. formality or ceremony

16. a prescribed set or order of words, terms, etc., as in a religious ceremony or legal document

17. (philosophy)

a. the structure of anything as opposed to its constitution or content

b. essence as opposed to matter

c. (often capital) (in the philosophy of Plato) the ideal universal that exists independently of the particulars which fall under it

d. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the constitution of matter to form a substance; by virtue of this its nature can be understood

18. logical form

19. (British) a bench, especially one that is long, low, and backless

20.  the nest or hollow in which a hare lives

21.  a group of organisms within a species that differ from similar groups by trivial differences, as of colour

22. (linguistics)

a. the phonological or orthographic shape or appearance of a linguistic element, such as a word

b. a linguistic element considered from the point of view of its shape or sound rather than, for example, its meaning

23. (crystallography) . crystal form

24. (taxonomy) . a group distinguished from other groups by a single characteristic: ranked below a variety

-verb

25. to give shape or form to or to take shape or form, especially a specified or particular shape

26. to come or bring into existence

27. to make, produce, or construct or be made, produced, or constructed

28. to construct or develop in the mind

29. (trans.) to train, develop, or mould by instruction, discipline, or example

30. (trans.) to acquire, contract, or develop

31. (trans.) to be an element of, serve as, or constitute

32. (trans.) to draw up; organize

Bullying batter

Into weird forms

Imperfect zombies

Fragrant with spices

Behemoth

BEHEMOTH

-noun

1. (Old Testament) . a gigantic beast, probably a hippopotamus

2. a huge or monstrous person or thing

Behold the gentle behemoth

Everybody’s lion sweetheart

Begging for scraps and cuddles

Respite

RESPITE

-noun

1. a pause from exertion; interval of rest

2. a temporary delay

3. a temporary stay of execution; reprieve

-verb

4. (trans.) to grant a respite to; reprieve

A skylight that flits on water

From the steps of the world

A respite for houses flying on their sides.

To the stubborn river, across the sands of souls.

Conte

CONTE

[kɔ̃t]

-noun

a tale or short story, especially of adventure

He woke, having no idea where – what - time was,

A tail of black feathers disappearing ahead of tea

A barrel of papers for an old man and his bag of shadows

Born from a yellow spring shining and darkness,

A creation conte involving cogs and murky waters.

Hatch

HATCH

-verb

1. to cause (the young of various animals, especially birds) to emerge from the egg or (of young birds, etc.) to emerge from the egg

2. to cause (eggs) to break and release the fully developed young or (of eggs) to break and release the young animal within

3. (trans.) to contrive or devise (a scheme, plot, etc.)

-noun

4. the act or process of hatching

5. a group of newly hatched animals

-noun

1. a covering for a hatchway

2. short for hatchway

3. a door in an aircraft or spacecraft

4. (informal) . short for hatchback

5. an opening in a wall between a kitchen and a dining area (also called: serving hatch)

6. the lower half of a divided door

7. a sluice or sliding gate in a dam, dyke, or weir

-verb

1. art to mark (a figure, shade, etc.) with fine parallel or crossed lines to indicate shading

A pencil moving on a crown

Deepening the shadow of sorrow

Hatching another dimension

Into life.

Lovelorn

LOVELORN

-adj.

miserable because of unrequited love or unhappiness in love

Feeling locked out

Lovelorn in the rain

Smiles at home unheeded

Ambiguity

AMBIGUITY

-noun

1. the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways

2. an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples

3. vagueness or uncertainty of meaning

Looking through windows

rustling with the malaise of ambiguity

A perished sun of milk and tea

Dressed in pleasant colours

Veal

VEAL

-noun

1. the flesh of the calf used as food

2. a calf, especially one bred for eating (also called: veal calf)

The fun delights of

Veal tail braised and de-boned

Formed on a plate

Somnambular

SOMNAMBULAR

-adj.

relating to sleep-walking

Begging for love and scraps

An outdoors somnambular thief

Stealing sunshine among ruin 

Compassion

COMPASSION

-noun

a feeling of distress, sorrow, and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it

Compassion at the cost of loose change

For the smoke and sky within a single stare

From proud hard streets lost in prayers

Phlegmatic

PHLEGMATIC

-adj.

1. having a stolid or unemotional disposition

2. not easily excited

The other night we stood in shoals

Phlegmatic at the sea’s south window

and on the other side the sun was heavy and far off

the wind blowing by the green of its flames

welcoming disaster as we chanted – our fears undiluted.

Relinquish

RELINQUISH

-verb (trans.)

1. to give up (a task, struggle, etc.); abandon

2. to surrender or renounce (a claim, right, etc.)

3. to release; let go

A landscape, a storm, and a dark dog shining forth

Like sleep, relinquished in pure space, no person for the soul.

The sound of our shipwrecked boy is dressed in the sun.


Found poetry spurred with the help of Ross Goodwin's word.camera 

Ash

ASH

-noun

1. the non-volatile products and residue formed when matter is burnt

2. any of certain compounds formed by burning.

3. fine particles of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano

4. a light silvery grey colour, often with a brownish tinge

-noun

1. any oleaceous tree of the genus Fraxinus, especially F. excelsior of Europe and Asia, having compound leaves, clusters of small greenish flowers, and winged seeds

2. the close-grained durable wood of any of these trees, used for tool handles, etc.

3. any of several trees resembling the ash, such as the mountain ash

4. (Australian) . any of several Australian trees resembling the ash, especially of the eucalyptus genus

-noun

the digraph æ, as in Old English, representing a front vowel approximately like that of the a in Modern English hat.

 

I just remembered this:

In the eyes of women, in their tears,

All the gods of the world were changed

Into jars of storms, mountains of ashes,

Confined to the land of the shadowy,

And cold green-eyed oblivion;

Possession took control and freed us all

-Yet it didn’t change a thing.

Culch

CULCH

-noun

1. a mass of broken stones, shells, and gravel that forms the basis of an oyster bed

2. the oyster spawn attached to such a structure

3. (dialect) . refuse; rubbish

Clinging on a rope

For dear life

Uprooted culch

Dying in the sun

Partake

PARTAKE

-verb (mainly intr.)

1. (followed by “in”) to have a share; participate

2. (followed by “of”) to take or receive a portion, especially of food or drink

3. (followed by “of”) to suggest or have some of the quality (of)

4. (trans.) (archaic) . to share in

Women, friends, old and new

Creatures with sweet green wings

A throat of natural kindness.
Partaking in a mad quest

For perfect ravioli

Natty

NATTY

-adj.

(informal) smart in appearance or dress; spruce; dapper

Naturally natty

But rolled out in chocolate

For special effects

Literature

LITERATURE

-noun

1. written material such as poetry, novels, essays, etc., especially works of imagination characterized by excellence of style and expression and by themes of general or enduring interest

2. the body of written work of a particular culture or people

3. written or printed matter of a particular type or on a particular subject

4. printed material giving a particular type of information

5. the art or profession of a writer

6. (obsolete) . learning

literature stacks wisdom,

a path to see the air.
I am perfect knowledge,

a no person and a textbook.

Moon

MOON

-noun

1. (sometimes capital) the natural satellite of the earth.

2. the face of the moon as it is seen during its revolution around the earth, especially at one of its phases

3. any natural satellite of a planet

4. moonlight; moonshine

5. something resembling a moon

6. a month, especially a lunar one

-verb

7. (when trans., often followed by “away”; when intr., often followed by “around”) to be idle in a listless way, as if in love, or to idle (time) away

8. (intr.) (slang) . to expose one's buttocks to passers-by

In the name of the moon floats

A friend that has never seen a lie

Blue art seized by its own sea

The wind strives to walk again.

Fool

FOOL

noun

1. a person who lacks sense or judgement

2. a person who is made to appear ridiculous

3. (formerly) . a professional jester living in a royal or noble household

4. (obsolete) . an idiot or imbecile

verb

5. (trans.) to deceive (someone), especially in order to make him or her look ridiculous

6. (intr.; followed by “with”, “around with”, or “about with”) informal to act or play (with) irresponsibly or aimlessly

7. (intr.) to speak or act in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner

8. (trans.; followed by “away”) to squander; fritter

-adj.

9. informal short for foolish

-noun

(mainly British) . a dessert made from a purée of fruit with cream or custard

A fool, a flower  living

To pay for love,

And another of the stories.

Erasure found poem using Ross Goodwind's word.camera application